Emma Hinton is a writer, celebrant, and creative facilitator and the founder of The Light Library—a living studio for storytelling, workshops and books. With a background in filmmaking and a commitment to relational resilience, she creates collaborative projects that centre place-based creativity and wellbeing.
Emma is the author of Finding Grace, Kimihia a Grace and Seeking Will, Rapua a Will, poetic picture books created with children through art and story. She is of Ngāti Maniapoto, English, and Welsh ancestry and lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland with her daughter and cat.
A bilingual picture book (English & Te Reo Māori) about a child adventuring into their backyard, collecting treasures and discovering their own meaning of grace through connection with nature. Illustrated on backgrounds painted by children, this lyrical poem celebrates movement, meaning, and the playful ways we find belonging in place.
A child adventures into their backyard, collecting treasure and connecting with nature. The images reveal a girl finding her way of being with place. Finding her own meaning of grace. A bilingual poem, exploring movement, meaning, and connection.
The lyrical illustrations on backgrounds painted by children create the playful world of grace.
Printed in New Zealand.
A bilingual picture book (English & Te Reo Māori) about a boy and his dog who lose each other in a storm, then find their way back together. Illustrated alongside tamariki in creative workshops, this poetic story celebrates relational resilience and the strength that shows up together. A book about friendship, storms and the courage to keep seeking.
A Story of Storms and Friendship
Will and his dog Seek play, roam and lose each other in the middle of a storm. As the sky cracks open, this bilingual poem navigates them through and back together.
With illustrations created alongside tamariki, this book is an offering to help us sit with the wildness of life and find our way through, together. It’s about relational resilience—the kind that shows up, calls out, stumbles and returns.
Printed in New Zealand.
Emma’s books are available direct from The Light Library or through Wheelers and selected BookHub Booksellers